Color Control

Elementor Core Basic

Elementor color control displays a color picker field with an alpha slider. It includes a customizable color palette that can be preset by the user.

The control is defined in Control_Color class which extends Base_Data_Control class.

When using this control, the type should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::COLOR constant.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description
type	string	color	The type of the control.
label	string		The label that appears above of the field.
description	string		The description that appears below the field.
show_label	bool	true	Whether to display the label.
label_block	bool	false	Whether to display the label in a separate line.
separator	string	default	Set the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before and after. default will hide the separator, unless the control type has specific separator settings. before / after will position the separator before/after the control.
alpha	bool	true	Whether to allow alpha channel.
default	string		Default color in RGB, RGBA, or HEX format.

Return Value

(string) The color value in RGB, RGBA, or HEX format.

Usage

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'style_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Style', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_STYLE,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'text_color',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Text Color', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::COLOR,
				'selectors' => [
					'{{WRAPPER}} .your-class' => 'color: {{VALUE}}',
				],
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render(): void {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
		?>
		<div class="your-class">
			...
		</div>
		<?php
	}

	protected function content_template(): void {
		?>
		<div class="your-class">
			...
		</div>
		<?php
	}

}

Notes

Learn how to use Global Colors, set in the Site Settings panel, on your color controls.